Greetings once more. I am using Windows 7 Pro and xampp 1.8.0When I try to run ppm.bat from xampp\perl\bin I got a pop-up window with "perl.exe has stopped working".Now I have a Hello World script working in the document root so Perl works correctly.

I did not have this issue with Vista and xampp 1.7.7What I am trying to do is to add Perl database modules DBI and DBD::mysql

Can someone please try to see if ppm.bat is ok with their installation?As always I would be very grateful for any help in resolving this issue.georgefk

I checked the folders, its there now. DBI is now in perl\site - (meaning local) both \bin and \lib. Ditto the DBD::mysql (that will need a lot of patience and error-fixing).

B. Create an Alias for the Strawberry install you just made, make needed handler changes, and change your shebang and have it do the heavy lifting.

Note: If you transplant things, you may need complete paths for includes and uses or you can dis around and fix that possibly. If you use 'Plan B' you may need to add the path to c:\xampp\myql\bin to the Environment permanently. (System Properties)

NONE OF THIS IS GUARANTEED!!! I had to live with a compile that fails a test (maybe you can clear it...). This is Perl Monk territory, and I don't wear a habit... Make all the fixes first, and you may get a clean compile!

For 'make test' to run properly, you must ensure that thedatabase user '' can connect to your MySQL serverand has the proper privileges that these tests require suchas 'drop table', 'create table', 'drop procedure', 'create procedure'as well as others.

mysql> grant all privileges on test.* to ''@'localhost' identified by 's3kr1t';

For 'make test' to run properly, you must ensure that thedatabase user '' can connect to your MySQL serverand has the proper privileges that these tests require suchas 'drop table', 'create table', 'drop procedure', 'create procedure'as well as others.

mysql> grant all privileges on test.* to ''@'localhost' identified by 's3kr1t';

Thank you JonB for that epic reply.It has been suggested that it was not a good idea to install 1.8.0 on top of 1.7.7 so I reinstalled.Trying ppm from the xampp-shell it complained that libexpat-1_.dllwas not found. This is nowhere in my system and not in 1.7.7 in particular.I will try out strawberry perl. Failing that I will use the 1.7.7 installation on my old PC.Many thanksgeorgefk